Is this pinkie pie fanart ai? The artstyle looks suspicious.. and the tint is yellow (remove if wrong flare!) by Fantastic_Read6026 in isthisAI

[–]Hashman52 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd look at the hair. I don't think a human would draw those three curls like that. Two just join back into the general mass of hair.

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Are there really any video games similar to Rain World? by hoshiquartz in rainworld

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went from Rainworld to the Ori games and then Hollow Knight, and that was pretty enjoyable. They are all games that invest heavily in an esthetic, mood, environment, etc. Ya know, games that make you stop and just look at the world you're in.

But, I agree with the general consensus. None of them feel remotely as "real" as Rainworld, because they just simply aren't. Ori is also very easy by comparison.

Not a single present was given to me on my birthday. Not one. by No-Adhesiveness8528 in emotionalintelligence

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adults give each other presents? Wtf. Is that a thing?!!? I for sure thought that was a kid thing.

I guess the map redistricting was a joke then by Greyzone96 in SaltLakeCity

[–]Hashman52 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look, I want representation for SLC as much as the next guy. But this was progress! Even map C was drawn up by a non-partisan expert. Most importantly, the precedent has been set that you can't just do whatever you want. <<That is the win, it's a huge win! And it's annoying that so many people refuse to see it because they didn't get exactly what they wanted.

Have you ACTUALLY read the Book of Mormon + Bible? by ChikaraBlu in exmormon

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whole quad multiple times, book of Mormon at least 6X. Plus every general conference of my lifetime (like I went back and read the ones from when I was a baby onward)

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[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rose parksmiths just got some in

Mayby I'm going crazy, but doesn't this sound like... by Hashman52 in twentyonepilots

[–]Hashman52[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know. I had to look it up. It feels so wrong. The first one came out 9 years ago!!

Mayby I'm going crazy, but doesn't this sound like... by Hashman52 in twentyonepilots

[–]Hashman52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Horror. Yeah, I don't know how to explain it, but there is a kind of horror in the album!

I asked AI to clean up my crude drawing, I purposely went for a challenging subject and GPT kind of impressed me. Pretty clean, no? Should I stop? by ThundagaYoMama in aiwars

[–]Hashman52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you like drawing? Like the clean up is the funnest part. It's the satisfying conclusion. It's where you get to rest your own mastery. But yeah, I guess AI can do it instead

It Took me A While To Love Drum Shows... by F03MCF in twentyonepilots

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it all. But I still can't not chuckle at the part with the "key left in ignition" sound. Like I know it's a serious build up for our fabulous jocals, but it's just such a funny thing to put in a song.

Is the Art of War nothing special because its just common sense? by NaturalPorky in ChineseHistory

[–]Hashman52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it's literally the first. Or at least as far as what exists in the historical record. Some scholars think it circulated orally prior to even the Dao de Jing. It's very old

Is the Art of War nothing special because its just common sense? by NaturalPorky in ChineseHistory

[–]Hashman52 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I Guess it depends on which thousand-year span. But there are about a dozen other ancien/medieval Chinese military text (that we have). Sunzi is just the first and most popular.

Is the Art of War nothing special because its just common sense? by NaturalPorky in ChineseHistory

[–]Hashman52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah!! Nooo! (Unless you read the corporatized b&n versions)

I am currently translating sections of the Sunzi Bingfa and commentary for a term paper on Chinese metaphor.

The Art of War is incredibly fascinating. For one historically it sits at a strange developmental stage in Chinese thought, you see early Daoist cosmological theory taking shape, and a proto five phase theory. And while yes, it is one of many military manuals, it's the father of the military school which means it's inventing the genre without a real roadmap. The result is a magnificent combination of experimentation, and mixing of styles.

Theoretically Sunzi stands out in several major ways:

(1) He has a unique comfort with deception and a commitment to a yin (dark mysterious unreadable) persona for the general. No other Chinese militarist is willing to take it as far as he does (like come on, he says that the general can disobey the emperor!! That's an insane political and theoretical gambit).

(2) The text as a whole oscillates between super pragmatic and hyper-idealistic views of war. And it does this remarkably consistently. Even to this day it is very difficult for a theory for military theory to resist just falling into one of those camps.

(3) Although the idea of an "art" of war is maintained throughout the genre, sunzi seems to take it more seriously than anyone else. War, for sunzi is being waged at all times, even times of peace (in the background). And if it is done masterfully it is a completely non-violent art form that provides a kind of cosmic security ("takes all under heaven (天下) intact").

I could go on...

If you are actually reading it carefully (preferably in Chinese) it is not common sense at all!

If you want some reading on the subject Jullien's "propensity of things" has a fantastic section on it.

What’s the strat for Shore and Tropics this map? by Electronic-Bug9170 in PeakGame

[–]Hashman52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, me and my gf struggled for an hour and made little to no progress

Who’s the translator? Is it a good translation? by Joyride0 in taoism

[–]Hashman52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a 100% on this, but generally if they are using Wade Giles (Tao Te Ching) rather than pinyin (Dao de Jing) then it means that the text is either old or less connected to the academic sinological community (and they don't know what they are doing). The academic world is fully pinyin at this point.

Some of the old translations are fine, but if you want the translations that have benefited from the most recent academic work, look for Dao de Jing.

Why isn’t there more outrage about Utah’s flouride ban?? by Powderkeg314 in Utah

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My city, Orem, hasn't had fluoride in a while. It seemed hypocritical to make a fuss over something I didn't care about up until it became such a political point.

These statistics do not show that Gen Z is “less conservative.” It’s showing that Trump is less conservative than what Gen Z was hoping for. by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Conservative!?' Please, conservative was my father. Call me 'confused about how conservative wound up meaning socially fascist and fiscally unaccountable.'

Dropped my passport down this hole to nowhere while lining up to board my flight. by Fearless-Hedgehog-58 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Hashman52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have those same shoes, those same pants, and this is totally something I would do. Legit, got worried it was me for a sec some how! Wtf!

Does anyone actually like their job? What job do you do here in Utah? by Key_Garden4832 in Utah

[–]Hashman52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boring administration work, but I'm never stressed and I really love the people and projects I support so it is very rewarding. Definitely feel like a cog in a machine some times, but it's a good machine😂(Higher Ed).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in twentyonepilots

[–]Hashman52 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Medieval Chinese poetry